in Ubuntu Lucid 10.4 there is a new deamon, that switches back to the standard Layout after a few seconds. you can disable that in the gconf-editor open a terminal and type gconf-editor then use the search to search for "keyboard" and disable the checkbox in /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plu...

the Ergodex DX1 has 25 keys in the basis packet, so you would need some extra keys, that's quite expensive then. the Frogpad has only 15 keys, so it's no use for ENTI-key++ the Half Keyboard would be a solution, but it is missing the top number-row, so it is no use for ENTI-key++ either we will try ...

this is the section, you have to add at the end of the file /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de // QWERTZ for ENTI-key++ partial alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys //# these 3 files must have a section for the file too: //# /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst : entikey_qwertz de: QWERTZ for ENTIkey++ //# /usr...